Winged sumac soaking up the sunshine...

Native to the Carolinas and Georgia, quite common. Commonly called Winged Sumac, Shining Sumac and Dwarf Sumac. More info here - http://namethatplant.net/plantdetail.shtml?plant=1236

Uploading very early today. Thunderstorms expected on and off all day into this evening. Good to be prepared for any power outages.

[Esther Rosenberg]

Beautiful close up

[Kate]

Great light

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Lovely shot and such pretty greens.

[Mags]

@dutchothotmailcom Thanks, Esther.

@k9photo Thanks, Kate.

@mittens Thank you, Marilyn.

[Diana]

Wonderful detail on those beautiful leaves.

[Mags]

@ludwigsdiana Thank you, Diana.

[Bucktree]

Nice texture on the leaves.

[Corinne C]

The light is so pretty and the plant so healthy. Beautiful shot. Hopefully you won’t have any power outage.

[Mags]

@dkellogg Thanks, David.

@corinnec Thank you, Corinne. Hopefully!

[Margaret Brown]

Nice light greens and shaped leaves.

[Sally Ings]

Interesting textures on the leaves

[moni kozi]

Looks so warm. Here the temperatures dropped to 14 ⁰C at night. Not so warm.

[Mags]

@craftymeg Thank you, Margaret.

@salza Thanks, Sally.

@monikozi Still too warm here at night. It will be October before we feel cooler night temps. No package yet?

[moni kozi]

@marlboromaam No, no package yet. Rest assured I'll let you know.

[Mags]

@monikozi Okay. I know you will. Just curious how long it will take.

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful

[Mags]

@bkbinthecity Thanks, BKB.

[Shutterbug]

Beautiful light on the leaves. I envy your rain. We are just blistering and hot here.

[Mags]

@shutterbug49 Thank you. Wishing you some rainy days. =)

[Kathy A]

Gorgeous light and lovely bokeh

[haskar]

Great light and lovely bokeh.

[Wylie]

that does look lovely and sunny, well captured atmosphere

[Dione Giorgio]

Lovely sunny shot. Stay safe. I hope you have some good rain but not more than you can take.

[Mags]

@kjarn Thank you, Kathy.

@pusspup Thank you, Wylie.

@sangwann You are very kind. Thank you, Dione.

[Renee Salamon]

Gorgeous light - is that the plant we get the SUMAC spice from?

[KV]

Lovely shades of green… I love to see the sumac when the colors change… often it is bright orange or red.

[Pam]

It looks a little different then the Sumac we have here. It is such an interesting plant/tree. I am not sure what it is lol

[Peter Dulis]

nice

[Mags]

@rensala and @pamalama We have a few varieties of sumac native to South Carolina. 1. Poison Sumac 2. Fragrant Sumac 3. False Poison Sumac 4. Staghorn Sumac 5. Smooth Sumac and 6. Winged Sumac... Rhus coriaria shrub (sumac), is a variety which is typically found in high plateau areas of the Mediterranean like Sicily, due to its wild, rocky lands. Sumac also grows in Turkey and can be found in parts of Iran. I've never heard of any of the American varieties of Sumac used to make spice, but the native Americans used Staghorn Sumac for medicinal purposes. Hope this answers your questions and thank you, Ladies. =)

@kvphoto Thank you, KV and you are right - bright orange and red leaves.

@pdulis Thanks, Peter.